HPCL commissions Mundra-Delhi oil product pipeline

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation today commissioned the country's biggest pipeline to transport petrol, diesel and kerosene from the western coast to northern states, a company statement said.

UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi commissioned the 1,054-km Mundra-Delhi pipeline, built at a cost of Rs1,757 crore.

The cross-country oil-product pipelines has been commissioned under the common carrier principle wherein companies other than HPCL can access 30 per cent of the capacity.

HPCL will pump Euro-II and Euro-II grade petrol, diesel and kerosene from the Gujarat coast to the national capital through the 18-inch pipeline.  Besides HPCL, private sector Essar and state-run IndianOil Corp (IOC) may also use the pipeline.

The pipeline connects supply centres in Gujarat in the west to the consumption areas in Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and further north.

The pipeline will consolidate HPCL's presence in northern India, where it currently has no oil refinery.